With the addition of Steve Trigwell on September 12, 2005, NCSE's Project
Steve attained its 600th signatory. A tongue-in-cheek parody of a
long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists who
doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism," Project Steve
mocks such lists by restricting its signatories to scientists whose first
name is Steve (or a cognate, such as Stephanie, Esteban, or
Stefano). About 1% of the United States population possesses such a first
name, so each signatory represents about 100 potential
signatories.

The trial in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the first legal challenge to the constitutionality of teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools, is scheduled to begin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 2005.

The trial in Kitzmiller v. Dover, the first legal challenge to the constitutionality of teaching "intelligent design" in the public schools, is scheduled to begin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 2005, and the media are already focusing attention on the case.

Creationism is prominent in a recent lawsuit that charges the University of California system with violating the constitutional rights of applicants from Christian schools whose high school coursework is deemed inadequate preparation for college. The complaint was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on August 25, 2005, on behalf of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the Calvary Chapel Christian School in Murrieta, California, and a handful of students at the school. Representing the plaintiffs are Robert H.

Chris Mooney and Matthew C. Nisbet's "Undoing Darwin" -- the cover story of the September/October 2005 issue of Columbia Journalism Review -- is essential reading for anyone bemused by the spate of media coverage of the creationism/evolution controversy.